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The guests and topics in local public-affairs programming this weekend: Bob Graham, the former Florida governor and U.S. senator, talks to "Metro Center Outlook" at 9 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-Channel 24. Diane Trees hosts. Graham discusses offshore oil drilling and its effect on the country. Another topic is the 2010 BP oil spill; Graham is co-chair of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. "Although we are in the process of beginning to shift away from fossil fuels, even the most aggressive person supporting sustainable energy would agree that it's going to be a long transition and that deep-water petroleum and natural gas are going to be part of...

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The guests and topics in local public-affairs programming this weekend:
Bob Graham, the former Florida governor and U.S. senator, talks to "Metro Center Outlook" at 9 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-Channel 24. Diane Trees hosts. Graham discusses...

Environmental researchers and BP attorneys sparred Wednesday over the potential effects of the 2010 Gulf oil spill in a trial aimed at determining whether the oil giant should be made to pay some $13.7 billion in Clean Water Act penalties.
A government...

Four years after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers and spilling more than 200 million gallons of crude, pressure appears to be building for more offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.
In July, over the...

It takes a lot to get fish from Florida's ocean waters to the dining table.
This week, Orlando-area restaurateurs, policymakers and seafood advocates met at Port Canaveral's Exploration Tower to learn about Florida's fisheries. It was the first time...

MARATHON — Retired truck driver Norm "Runaway Grandpa" Dille arrived at the old Seven Mile Bridge for his daily ritual. He walked about half a mile roundtrip before plunking down in a green plastic chair to gaze at nature's beauty and at Henry...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the nation's lead science agency in handling oil spills. On the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco talked to Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas about the...

U.S. Senator Bob Graham will be at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University later this month to talk about the findings of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Graham, who was recently co-chairman of the commission,

George Skene/Orlando Sentinel Today is Earth Day and today we have a Q&A with Peter C.H. Pritchard, one of the world's most foremost experts on turtles and tortoises. Among his accolades, he was the 2000 Floridian of the Year by the Orlando Sentinel, was

By David Royse, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Mike Haridopolos said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that new oil drilling is needed in the Gulf of Mexico, a reversal from last year, when, in the wake of the BP spill, he sai

From the Turtle Island Restoration Network: A tally of sea turtles found dead or dying on the beaches along Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama found April to have the highest numbers every recorded in a single month — 188 as of April 28 — since re

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"Flashpoint" examines the foreclosure crisis with attorney David Hicks. Lauren Rowe moderates the program at 8 a.m. Sunday on WKMG-Channel 6. Hicks tells her he wouldn't advise anyone to go it alone without an attorney's help during foreclosure.

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